Madelyn had just divorced and was adjusting to living alone again. A month ago, she’d been planning a family with the man she loved, but now everything had changed. As if that wasn’t enough, she stumbled upon a child abandoned in a store, and only she could help.Madelyn stood behind the counter, her hands moving automatically as she scanned and sorted items onto the shelves. Despite her body going through the motions, her mind was somewhere else, swirling with the aftermath of her divorce.After ten long years of marriage to Troy, it was finally over. The memories of their life together
—once filled with love, laughter, and hope—now seemed distant, cold, and hollow. She had loved Troy deeply, and a part of her still did. But the last few years had been marked by silence, a growing distance between them that neither could bridge. They had tried so hard to have a child, to create the family they both dreamed of, but after years of tests, doctors, and disappointment, it became clear that it wasn’t going to happen.Troy had always wanted a son, and Madelyn believed that their inability to have a baby had driven a wedge between them. They had both quietly drifted apart, their conversations fading, their time together becoming more of an…
